This is Miyamoto. I am pleased to announce that for the live-action film of The Legend of Zelda, Zelda will be played by Bo Bragason-san, and Link by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth-san. I am very much looking forward to seeing both of them on the big screen.
where is chris Pratt
Make him a young goron, alongside The Rock as an elder goron
If Link says anything other than “Hup!” & “Hyyah!” I’m out.
Well excuuuuuuuuse me, princess!
“I’m so hungry, I could eat an Octorok!”
Just once. Right at the end of the movie.
Considering how much rizz link usually has, he’s 100% a mute bard
Not Hunter Schafer. I’m out.
Looks like they’re going younger with the casting. The characters are kids in most of the games after all.
My hopes raised and expertly dashed. 🙃
very promising sign that they’re casting for the roles instead of casting for recognizable names. i am cautiously optimistic
Chris Pratt as Link!
Definitely, and it’s also wild just how out of left field these choices feel in general. Which is a good thing!
Yeah I’ve got to say it is a very positive sign that I don’t know either of these actors. Also helps with suspension of disbelief.
who?
Prediction: this will suck.
I’m not confident about it, but I sure hope you’re wrong!
In comparison to the animated Mario movie, most likely.
Live action doesn’t usually translate as well from animated/rendered media.
Personally I think Zelda is better off being live action than the kind of style Illumination/DreamWorks is known for.
Other than the Toon Link games the series has always had a more anatomical art style that is rarely seen in Western animated film.
That’s fair.
Dream world would have Ghibli pick it up, or the team(s) behind Secret Level.
But we’re already in motion on this plan so just gotta cross our fingers and hope for the best.
I hope 3/4 of the budget goes into smashing pots.
Don’t forget all the bush trimming.
… no, no THAT!!!
I hope it’s not full of fan service comedy, though. That stuff worked in the animated Mario adaptation, but Zelda is generally a more serious franchise with more adult themes. If it tries to do the family friendly “laughs for all ages” thing it is going to cross over into cringe territory very quickly.
Today’s image of the pair looks to feature the actors in some sort of costume for their roles
Actors wear costumes? Youdontsay.jpg
Please don’t do this. We’re begging.
oh dear make this stop
I really wish they had picked Hunter for Zelda 😔
Eh. We’ll see how it turns out 🤷🏻♀️
or we won’t because Nintendo will relegate it to the archives like they almost did for SMB.
Somehow didn’t expect them to pick such a young actor for Link, even though it does correspond to Link’s age in many of the games.
I’m really curious to see more of this movie. I think Zelda is a really difficult series to adapt well.
I predict the movie itself will be kind of meh, but the soundtrack will be awesome
Oooh I hadn’t even thought of that. I was treating this movie with a sense of dread, but I am excited to hear new music with the motifs of the games.
I don’t know about good or bad……. It’s going to be weird. And who?
It’ll never beat the cd-i
